Change Up — Keri Mikulski

As sophomore summer heats up at Sunray Beach, so does Jake Cole and Ashley Clarke's long distance relationship. But, Ashley's overprotective cop father forbids Ashley to see Jake, causing Ashley to sneak around while sinking deeper and deeper into a smudge of lies and deceit. She begins to wonder if her parents are right about Jake when he shows up at times bruised, beaten, and hanging out with shady people. Back on the diamond, the Cape Town Crush Softball team is doing amazing, even earning a bid to Nationals, but fellow pitcher Christy Mayer's up to her old tricks and snags a golden opportunity to ruin Ashley's softball future for good. Ashley and Rachel Harris, a softball superstar who joins the Crush midseason, hit it off and hang out until Ashley discovers Rachel's secret past. Will Ashley and Jake's relationship survive sophomore summer? Is this the end of a fifteen year friendship between Lizzy and Ashley? And what's the deal with Rachel?